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Top benefits for association leaders to connect with their volunteer members

Nimble AMS

One of the simplest ways to boost volunteer engagement and retention at your association is to have leadership create meaningful connections with volunteers. Additionally, it encourages volunteer engagement and retention at your association. . Acknowledging volunteers maximizes retention. Offer mentor/mentee programs .

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15 highlights from Xperience 2022

Nimble AMS

Rachel Seratte led the session, teaching administrators what to expect in their new role and how to use Nimble AMS to get the job done. During COVID-19 and in the wake of early teacher retirements, Matt Walker, Director of IT, explained that MSTA’s retention rate was declining. Best practices for Nimble AMS administrators.

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Volunteer Training: Exceeding Expectations

Volunteer Hub

Developing a training program that exceeds the expectations of volunteers will impact retention, engagement, and referral sources for your nonprofit. A recent Dale Carnegie survey actually found that engaged individuals outperform those who are not engaged by up to 202%. Allow volunteers to link theory, teaching, and practice.

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4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Bloomerang

Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. .

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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Digital Strategy

Bloomerang

A new survey from McKinsey finds responses to the Covid-19 pandemic sped business adoption of digital technologies by several years—and many of these changes will likely be here for the long haul. Survey results suggest a seven-year increase, on average, in the rate at which companies are developing digital products and services.

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Optimize Your Nonprofit Fundraising Team with Human Data

Connection Cafe

Kachuriak and the NextAfter team conducted a survey among 500 nonprofit executives, consultants, managers, and practitioners. Survey data revealed that 61% of hiring managers primarily rely on resumes for their hiring decisions. Nonprofits remain concerned about employee retention and fit.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

First, it helps with staff retention rates. According to a Stanford Social Innovation Review survey, 70 percent of social-sector leaders report that they learned their leadership skills outside of formal training; 67 percent identified "exposure to challenges and career transitions as development opportunities.".